'Be honest' about U.S. gender pay gap, investors tell firms

By Ellen Wulfhorst, March 6, 2019

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A fresh round in the battle for equal pay will be fought at upcoming U.S. corporate annual meetings, where investors will demand that firms reveal how much less women earn than men.

The latest tactic is to use shareholder resolutions - where stock owners propose issues to be voted upon - to request companies’ average salaries, said Natasha Lamb, a managing partner at the investment firm Arjuna Capital.

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